Re: loops with a drummer?

[Bennett Williams <bennettwilliamsdrums@gmail.com>]

Ted:

Actually, I don't do any looping with the drums. What I do with looping is saxophone, theremin, and an analog noise machine. Very experimental & avant-garde stuff. When I play drums for people it is just for regular gigs. I did play with a guy who used a Boomerang, but it never worked. The sequencing & timing on a looper has to be exactly right in order to sync up with it, and 99% of the time, the initial loop set by whomever is doing the looping, is too short or too long, and impossible to keep time with. It is only with a sequencer that has the loop quantized to a precise time & groove that I can make it work with drums. 

anyway... check out my soundcloud page: www.soundcloud.com/bennettwilliams


Yours,
-Bennett

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Teddy Kumpel <teddykumpel@mac.com> wrote:

As I read all the posts on this list I'm starting to wonder.... Is everyone here a solo artist?

Does anyone use loops in a band context?

If so, how? What are using? Do you only make ambient loops in the band, or do you play rhythms?
If you play rhythms and there's a drummer how do you get locked up with the drummer.

I have my own solution, I've been doing it for 4 years now and I'm happy with the results... I'm just wondering what other people do.

thanks for chiming in
Teddy

-- 
Bennett Williams
http://www.bennettwilliams.net